Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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I ran into Aaron in the hospital lobby, and he was carrying a bag that looked like it was packed with ointments.

"Where's Lena?" I asked, skipping over any formalities. Calling him "Mr. Ace" felt too stiff, and "Uncle Aaron"? Yeah, no. He wasn't much older than me or Lena, so that was a hard pass.

"She's upstairs getting checked," Aaron replied, glancing at his watch. "She should be done by now."

"I'll go check on her," I said, heading toward the elevators.

"Wait." Aaron held out the bag. "Her wrists and ankles are bruised. Use this."

I took the bag. "You're not coming up?"

"No," he said. "I'll wait in the car. When Gabriel and Carol are done, can you help send

them downstairs?"

He meant Lena's parents.

His response left me confused, but since we weren't close, I didn't want to pry.

couldn't stop myself from asking,

you really wanted to

didn't sit right. Nate and I had been tearing the city

care about Lena more than the rest of us," I

behind him. Not gonna lie, the guy had that whole tall, dark, and handsome vibe down. When I got to Lena's floor, I spotted her with Nate. And yeah, it

pouted playfully.

it's true-after chaos comes good

off some of the stress from

said with a smile, "you guys should head home and rest. Mr. Ace is downstairs waiting to

Gabriel said, giving Lena a worried glance.

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there wasn't much

request. Plus, it gave Lena and Nate some time

can do it,"

him the ointment Aaron had sent up. "Here, her uncle says to make sure she actually uses this." I winked at Lena

fussing over Lena like

"We're lucky Aaron was there.

and I could only nod.